Jaime Waydo

Will Ahmed and Jaime Waydo discuss the WHOOP Coach, a personalized performance coaching experience powered by AI. They highlight the partnership with OpenAI, key use cases of the Coach, education and membership support features, data retention and privacy, and the vision for a 24/7 performance coach.

Jaime Waydo, CTO at Cavnue and former leader in Google's Self-Driving Car program, shares her transformative journey of prioritizing self-care and speaking her truth. She discusses how shedding the 'people pleaser' mindset helped her overcome anxiety and improve both her professional and personal life. Jaime highlights the importance of empowering communication, revolutionizing her family's dynamics, and cultivating independence in her children. Tune in to discover how she balances motherhood, leadership, and authenticity for overall well-being.

On this week’s podcast, WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed is joined by WHOOP Chief Technology Officer Jaime Waydo to dive deep into the new Stress Monitor feature. Stress Monitor measures your stress levels in real time and helps you manage them with scientifically-backed breathing interventions developed in partnership with Dr. Andrew Huberman.  Jaime is a product and technology executive with over 20 years of experience leading companies including Alphabet, Apple, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, among many others. Will and Jaime discuss the new Stress Monitor feature (4:58), the Stress Score scale (7:05), how to use the breathing interventions developed in partnership with Dr. Andrew Huberman (10:30), monitoring your recovery and how it impacts your stress levels (15:50), using the Stress Monitor before going to sleep and waking up in the morning (20:20), how the Stress Score is calculated and showing up in everyday events (27:05), Jaime’s background in the tech industry (31:35), a behind-the-scenes look at the building of Stress Monitor (35:00), and how the feature will continue to be developed and integrated throughout the WHOOP platform (40:25).Support the showFollow WHOOPwww.whoop.comTrial WHOOP for FreeInstagramTikTokXFacebookLinkedIn Follow Will AhmedInstagramXLinkedIn Follow Kristen Holmes Instagram LinkedIn Follow Emily Capodilupo LinkedIn